Misleading Quotes

129 Misleading quotes by 112 unique authors

Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art… — Walker Evans
I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it a… — Mitchell Zuckoff
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse… — John F. Kerry
I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to… — Leo Burnett
In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent… — Frank Church
People always say be true to yourself. But that’s misleading, because there are two selves. There’s your short term self, and there’s your long term… — Brandon Stanton
In principle, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of an infographic. What concerns me is the types of things that people are doing with them.… — Matt Cutts
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. — Brian Eno
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. — Ernest Holmes
I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say. — Davy Jones
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes
There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. — Thomas Sowell
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. — Herbert Spencer
It is a fearful mistake for us to neglect the study of the Bible to investigate theories that are misleading, diverting minds from the words… — Ellen G. White
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to… — Francis Collins
Calling China's online censorship system a 'Great Firewall' is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the… — Evgeny Morozov
It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the… — George Harrison
You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to do with personality-the… — Emily Giffin
Nothing could be more misleading than the idea that computer technology introduced the age of information. The printing press began that age, and we have… — Neil Postman
Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformation does not mean false… — Neil Postman
Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization… — Matthew Woodring Stover
Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so… — Richard Paul Evans
The emotion of love gives all of us a misleading illusion of knowing the other. — Milan Kundera
Dad always warned that it was misleading when one imagined people, when one sas them in the Mind's Eye, because one never remembered them as… — Marisha Pessl

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